lnstalling a Hard Disk Drive in the lnternaI Drive Bay

Your computer may have a hard disk drive already installed in the internal drive bay. If not, you can install a l-inch high by 31/2-inch wide drive in this bay.

This section includes steps for the following procedures:

0Removing the mounting frames from the hard disk drive (if necessary)

0 Connecting the hard disk drive cables

0Installing the hard disk drive under the mounting bracket

0Installing the hard disk drive above the mounting bracket.

Note

Be sure to check the jumper settings on the hard disk drive before you install it. Also, you may want to know the number of cylinders, heads, sectors, etc., if the auto-sensing feature in SETUP cannot correctly identify your drive. See Chapter 2 and the documentation that came with your drive for this information.

Before you can install a hard disk drive, you need to remove any option cards that may be blocking your access to the hard disk drive area. Once you have installed the drive, replace any option cards you removed. See Chapter 4 for instructions.

5-2 Installing and Removing Drives